The Reasons
In the non-fiction novel Night by Elie Wiesel describes the reasons of why he wrote the book. I think the main reason this book was written was so that people never forget what happened in the concentration camps. Wiesel also wrote this book to leave behind his memories so that this type of massacre never happens again. In this novel I think that Wiesel also describes what it was like being in a concentration camp and seeing people die every day was like. I think another reason Elie wrote the book is so that the people who read it will at least understand how horrible it was to be in a death camp or a concentration camp. In the preface of the book Wiesel describes losing hope of ever getting out and I think he wants his readers to understand that. These are the reasons that I think are why Elie Wiesel wrote Night.
Assignment 2: Holocaust Web Search
Night Web Search Background Information for the Holocaust
Use the following websites for a quick overview of the following terms and people. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/
Topics to Know
Questions
Answers
Nazi Propaganda
Who is Joseph Goebbels?
List three things the Nazis did to ensurethat their views were shown/heard in the most persuasive manner possible.
Kristallnacht was anti-Jewish riots against the Jewish community of Germany. Kristallnacht means “The night of broken glass”.and it happened November 9-10,1938.
The Nazi party and German government officials attended and it was a meeting to discuss the Final Solution. The Final Solution was the code name for the genocide of Jews.
The Victims
Besides the Jewish people, list seven other groups were also targets/victims of the Holocaust?
Briefly tell the fate of each group under Nazi rule.
1.closed ghettos(in German-occupied Poland and were closed off by walls)
2.open ghettos(no walls or fences but had restrictions of entering and leaving)
3.destruction ghettos(tightly sealed off and existed for between 2 to 6 weeks)
The first to get to the camps were the Soviets then the allied forces.
Towards the end of the war Hitler committed suicde.There were 24 defendants charged and they represented cross-section of German diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership.
They were prosecuted.
Moishe the Beatle Moishe the Beatle Old and homeless Praying, telling, running Like a prophet and as invisible as Jews were to the rest of the world A living dead man Traumatized Along with a lot of other Jews
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Christian H. Night Assignments
Assignment 1: Reasons for Writing
The Reasons
In the non-fiction novel Night by Elie Wiesel describes the reasons of why he wrote the book. I think the main reason this book was written was so that people never forget what happened in the concentration camps. Wiesel also wrote this book to leave behind his memories so that this type of massacre never happens again. In this novel I think that Wiesel also describes what it was like being in a concentration camp and seeing people die every day was like. I think another reason Elie wrote the book is so that the people who read it will at least understand how horrible it was to be in a death camp or a concentration camp. In the preface of the book Wiesel describes losing hope of ever getting out and I think he wants his readers to understand that. These are the reasons that I think are why Elie Wiesel wrote Night.
Assignment 2: Holocaust Web Search
Night Web Search
Background Information for the Holocaust
Use the following websites for a quick overview of the following terms and people.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/
List three things the Nazis did to ensure that their views were shown/heard in the most persuasive manner possible.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/propaganda_in_nazi_germany.htm
Joseph Goebbels was the head of Propaganda.
1.Propaganda
2. Reich Chamber of Commerce
3.The Nazis also only let the people hear what they wanted to hear
Wannsee Conference
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht/
Who attended and what was decided at the Wannsee Conference?
What was the Final Solution?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005477
The Nazi party and German government officials attended and it was a meeting to discuss the Final Solution. The Final Solution was the code name for the genocide of Jews.
Briefly tell the fate of each group under Nazi rule.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007457
CLUE: Begin reading at “Targeted Groups”
1. Gypsies
2.People with disabilities
3. Poles
4. Soviet prisoners of war
5. Afro Germans
6. Jehovah’s Witnesses
7. homosexuals
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005059
What was life like in the ghettos?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007445
2.open ghettos(no walls or fences but had restrictions of entering and leaving)
3.destruction ghettos(tightly sealed off and existed for between 2 to 6 weeks)
The living conditions were bad and over crowded.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005144
What were the conditions?
What different types of extermination were performed?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005145
The conditions were horrific. They were dirty and people could easily catch diseases. The extermination method was gas chambers.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005131
What did Hitler do near the end of the war?
How many defendants were charged during the Nuremberg Trials? What did they represent?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007143
What did the International Military Tribunal decide was not a legitimate defense?
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007142
Towards the end of the war Hitler committed suicde.There were 24 defendants charged and they represented cross-section of German diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership.
They were prosecuted.
Moishe the Beatle
Moishe the Beatle
Old and homeless
Praying, telling, running
Like a prophet and as invisible as Jews were to the rest of the world
A living dead man
Traumatized
Along with a lot of other Jews